Rotary serving-table.



C. A. HOAG.

ROTARY SERVING TABLE.- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. 1913.

1,235,689. I Paten t edAug. 7,1917.

I will 5e; I I v 51409444306 s2, m Wobwqo CHARLES A. HOAG, or ALBANY,NEW YORK. I

ROTARY SERVING-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, CHARLES 'A. How, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Rotary ServingTables, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rotaryserving tables, and pertains more particularly to a serving table whichis adapted to be placed on the top of a dining tableor the like.

The objects of the invention are to provide a table of the typementioned in which dishes or articles of food may be placed on the topas well as on the base of the serving table, the base being rotatablewith the top;

to provide a supporting base for the structure which is invisible, andfurther to provide means whereby the pedestal may be held in the hand,in moving the table, so as to move the supporting base therewith.

Further the inventlon aims to provide a table of the character indicatedwhich is of simple and economical construction, which possesses aminimum number of parts, and which sustains the rotatable parts in suchmanner that the latter are prevented from swinging or other movementswhich are not of a true rotary one.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of a table constructedin accordance with the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

The invention consists of a substantlally disk-like stationarysupporting base 1, wh ch latter is provided with a series of dependlngfeet 2 that are adapted to engage on a table topor any other supportingsurface. R 1g1dly secured to the upper face of the stationary base 1 atthe center thereof is the flanged lower end 3 of an upwardly extendingbearing pin 4, the latter preferably having its upper end rounded at 5.The table proper consists of a top 6 which is preferably of circularoutline, and is secured to the upper end of a pedestal 7. The pedestal 7is provided with a longitudinal bore 8 which receives the bearing pin 4,the bore 8 extending through the lower end of the pedestal and throughthe circular base 9 of the table proper. The rotatablebase 9 is providedwith a circumferential depending flange 10 whichconceals the base 1 asis obvious from inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings. The VSpecification of LettersIatent. Application fi led June 25, 1913. SerialNo. 775,632. I V 1.

' user may hold the "Patented Aug. 7,1917.

lower end or edge of the flange 10 is spaced 7 from the table or othersupporting surface so as topermit free rotation base 9 relative to thesupporting surface, without contact with. the latter. The rotav tablebase 9 isrigidlyattached to the lower. end of the pedestal 7, and sincethedownward movement of the pedestal 7 is restricted by the upper end ofthe pin 4 engaging the end wall formed by the bore 8 of pedestal 7 itwill be apparent that the flangelO will be held in the positionaforementioned,-

above the supporting surface.

In order to cause the stationary base 1 to move with the remainderof thestructure, when the latter is moved, the lower edge of the flange 10 hasattached thereto a series of of the rotary inwardly extending metalclips 11, that are a secured to the flange 10c-by any suitable-fasteningmeans.

The top 6 is preferably made smaller than the bottom in order that largedishes may be placed on the latter and be conveniently removed withoutinterference from thetop 6. It will be readily understood that thepedestal 7" in the hand, and upon lifting of through the above describedconnections with the pedestal, will engage the stationary base 1, on theunder face of the latter, whereupon the base will be moved with thetable proper. It will beevident from the above that the entire structureembodies a minimum number of parts which are both simple and economicalin construction and which can be readily assembled. As depicted in Fig.1 of the drawing it will tal 7 is given a long bearing on the pin 4,with the result that the movement of the pedestal is a true rotary one.By rounding the top end of the pin-4 less friction is present, as isapparent.-

' The entire structure is adapted to be placed on a dining table, or thelike, at the center thereof, to enable the diners to readily rotatethetable to such positions as will enable food containing dishes or otherthe like.

What is claimed is:

be seen that the pedesthe pedestal, the clips 11, I.

A serving table adapted for use on top of" c,

a dining table, composed of a disk-like main base supported above thetable, a bearing pin having a fiangedbase fixedly secured to the centerof the main base to afford a broad seating and thereby reinforce thecomparaextending inwardly beneath the bottom 01 tively thin disk-likebase, a pedestal having said main base in spaced relation to the latabore to receive the pin whereby the latter ter, said pin serving as thesole means of 15 supports said pedestal off the base of the supportofthe pedestal and its associated pin and above the main base, a topfixed to parts.

the upper end of the pedestal, a circular base In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set carried by the lower end of the pedestal in my hand inpresence of two subscribing witspaced relation with the main base andhavnesses.

ing a continuous depending flange which CHARLES A. HOAG. encompasses thelatter, and a series of spaced Witnesses: independentinwardly extendingremovable GEO. R. ME EIGH,

clips connected to the depending flange and A. A. PLACE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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